Recent posts by Sean Kirst | skirst@syracuse.com - syracuse.comtag:profile.syracuse.com,2015:skirst/7512015-08-02T23:27:22ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceFor North Side couple, stolen bike is 'devastating': How neighbors, co-workers stepped intag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.166332782015-08-02T10:58:54Z2015-08-02T10:58:54ZNorth Side couple, after bike is stolen: 'We didn't know what to do.'skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
North Side couple, after bike is stolen: 'We didn't know what to do.'
For Valley Academy, at one last reunion: Classmate can't forget those who never made it hometag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.166112372015-07-30T11:32:52Z2015-07-30T11:32:52ZLong before Corcoran, for generations of teenagers, there was Valley.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
Long before Corcoran, for generations of teenagers, there was Valley.
'Haunted .... in a likable sense': The 'catcher's interference' Tom Dotterer can't forgettag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165965022015-07-29T11:26:42Z2015-07-29T11:26:42ZNot what Tom Dotterer expected, while awaiting a potato.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
Not what Tom Dotterer expected, while awaiting a potato.
Jerry Berrigan dies at 95: Syracuse educator embodied family's activist historytag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165884502015-07-27T16:33:45Z2015-07-27T16:33:45ZEducation and protest: Passing of the Berrigan brother who put down roots in Syracuse.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
Education and protest: Passing of the Berrigan brother who put down roots in Syracuse.
Upstate image for the ages: Beam of sun, fleeting moment, five golden Finger Lakes tag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165832922015-07-26T10:16:46Z2015-07-26T10:16:46ZDark clouds, a flash of light, five blazing lakes .... and a pilot and photographer John Francis McCarthy react.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
Dark clouds, a flash of light, five blazing lakes .... and a pilot and photographer John Francis McCarthy react.
An Oswego Harborfest throwback: Remembering 'Mr. Bill,' soul of the lakefronttag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165786592015-07-25T11:55:45Z2015-07-25T11:55:45ZThe essence of a festival, in suspenders and blue pants.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
The essence of a festival, in suspenders and blue pants.
'Heart! Heart! Heart!': Jerry Berrigan, at 95, on greatest moment in life of consciencetag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165723222015-07-25T10:29:13Z2015-07-25T10:29:13ZSpeaking to conscience, considering the impact of every word.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
Speaking to conscience, considering the impact of every word.
Reverence and dreams of restoration: At Oswego's Harborfest, looking to the lighthousetag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165731432015-07-24T17:50:13Z2015-07-24T17:50:13ZThe lighthouse as heart and symbol of its lakefront community.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
The lighthouse as heart and symbol of its lakefront community.
For DA Fitzpatrick fundraiser, restaurateur delivers 5 Hall of Famerstag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165637832015-07-23T10:22:32Z2015-07-23T10:22:32ZA guy from Florida makes some phone calls, and Cooperstown comes to Cicero.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
A guy from Florida makes some phone calls, and Cooperstown comes to Cicero.
Right look, right color, wrong car? Readers agree: They've absolutely been theretag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165522242015-07-21T21:29:14Z2015-07-21T21:29:14ZIf you're tried to get into the wrong car, you're not alone.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
If you're tried to get into the wrong car, you're not alone.
Central City: Inflatable pool, gas station air, a few tubs of water .... you beat the heattag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165461512015-07-20T22:51:36Z2015-07-20T22:51:36ZWhen you're 10 and creative, there are quick ways to cool off.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
When you're 10 and creative, there are quick ways to cool off.
Has this happened to you? You go to car. Put key in door. Key won't turn. Not your car.tag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165417642015-07-20T15:01:18Z2015-07-20T15:01:18ZTaking comfort from others who've done the same thing. skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
Taking comfort from others who've done the same thing.
Amid plans for changes within '315' area code: Why we remember childhood phone numberstag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165355792015-07-19T10:52:10Z2015-07-19T10:52:10ZThe power of a childhood phone number.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
The power of a childhood phone number.
A most familiar ring: Full collection of reader response on childhood phone numberstag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165218152015-07-19T10:50:13Z2015-07-19T10:50:13ZIn a world changing so quickly, one thing we don't forget.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
In a world changing so quickly, one thing we don't forget.
Passing of Kathleen Snavely, Linton Betsey: Pilgrims to Syracuse, vessels for extraordinary livestag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.165155472015-07-16T10:38:25Z2015-07-16T10:38:25ZTwo lives bound together by belief in selflessness, hard work and family.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
Two lives bound together by belief in selflessness, hard work and family.
The ongoing debate: Readers on design, location, possibilities of Syracuse ballparktag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.164926592015-07-13T11:32:43Z2015-07-13T11:32:43ZIf we concede mistakes were made, how do we correct them?skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
If we concede mistakes were made, how do we correct them?
Why our ballpark decision still matters: Without learning lessons, we'll make the same mistakestag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.164885142015-07-12T08:42:44Z2015-07-12T08:42:44ZThe major blunder with the ballpark: Absence of real planning.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
The major blunder with the ballpark: Absence of real planning.
On storytelling and as great a tale as Sean Kirst ever heard: At TedX, haunting of a lighthousetag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.164843512015-07-11T12:30:21Z2015-07-11T12:30:21ZWas the Oswego lighthouse haunted? You decide.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
Was the Oswego lighthouse haunted? You decide.
The Pearl's eulogy for Betty, a friend he loved (video): A great life deserves a celebrationtag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.164748202015-07-09T23:20:32Z2015-07-09T23:20:32ZWhat we're used to seeing from Dwayne Washington: Grace under pressure.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
What we're used to seeing from Dwayne Washington: Grace under pressure.
As always, for 'Pearl' Washington, timing is everything: His farewell to Betty is 'act of God'tag:www.syracuse.com,2015:/kirst/index.ssf/951.164620492015-07-08T10:56:31Z2015-07-08T10:56:31ZTwo old friends exchanged a familiar goodbye.skirsthttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/skirst/index.html
Two old friends exchanged a familiar goodbye.